“Australia’s Best Cellar Door Awards 2022”
BEST SMALL CELLAR DOOR 2022
GREAT SOUTHERN, WA
A region both enchantingly remote as well as colossal, the Great Southern designation represents an area stretching more than 150km east to west, and 100km north to south. Its subregions are highly distinguished in their own pedigree: Albany and Denmark fringing the dramatic Southern Ocean; Mount Barker inhabiting bucolic hinterland; Porongurup rising to WA’s highest peak; and Frankland River rooted in truly notable terrain. As such the wines here are extraordinarily diverse. Expect lush pinot noir to the south, ambrosial riesling at altitude, and sumptuous shiraz and grenache in the hinterlands. Cellar doors are often by appointment-only but are ever-worth the journey. JULIAN TOMPKIN